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  • Single w/ensuite Oceanfront – CAD $3,959.00
  • Single w/ensuite – CAD $3,679.00
  • Single w/shared bathroom – CAD $3,084.00
  • Couple w/ensuite Oceanfront – CAD $5,937.00
  • Couple w/ensuite – CAD $5,384.00
  • Couple w/shared bathroom – CAD $4,831.00
  • Twin w/ensuite oceanfront – CAD $2,044.50
  • Twin w/ensuite – CAD $2,692.00
  • Twin w/shared bathroom – CAD $2,412.00
  • Three-share w/shared bathroom – CAD $2,125.00
  • Women Dorm – CAD $1,782.00
  • Male Dorm – CAD $1,782.00
  • Mixed Dorm – CAD $1,782.00
  • Tent Site Single – CAD $1,747.00
  • Tent Site Couple – CAD $3,144.00
  • Commuter – CAD $1,502.00
    • (All prices include CAD $1,327.00 base amount)

Date & Time Details:
Starts with dinner on August 28
Ends with lunch on September 4
Your program schedule

Location: Cortes Island

Tuition: $725 CAD

Campus Rates: Campus rates include accommodations, meals, Hollyhock activities, use of hot tubs and campus facilities (does not include tuition). Click here for details.

Scholarships: We believe that everyone should have equitable access to Hollyhock program experiences, and that our diverse community should be reflected in all that we do. We are committed to identifying and removing barriers to access through our scholarship program. While we strive to be accessible and inclusive to all, a limited number of scholarships are available ranging from 25%-90% of costs.

We encourage applicants from those whose identities intersect with, but are not limited to: Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, 2SLGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, newcomers, youth, and elders.

Please apply for a scholarship within your program registration form. We ask for a 5% refundable deposit to apply. Please contact us directly if you are unable to pay this deposit.

Health & Safety: Learn more about our Covid-19 policies and procedures here.

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Discovering and Deepening Your Story

With Sonora Jha

August 28 - September 4, 2022

You may have a glimmer of any idea toward a story. You may have a complete first draft that yearns for nuance and layers. In this week-long workshop, you will find the tools to craft your essays, your memoir, or your work of fiction by breaking out into new discoveries in your voice, your characters, your arc, your story.

Sonora Jha isn’t a teacher, she’s a facilitator of magical happenings. Although, maybe that’s what being a great teacher truly is. This course was a very educational and inspiring experience that will not be forgotten. – Josh Wallace, 2021 participant

Sonora will offer lessons in craft and give you writing prompts to generate fresh writing in your plenty of self-directed writing time. The group will gather for nightly fire-side conversations to share bits of writing from the day, or exchange ideas about craft and the writing life. The workshop is appropriate for all writers from all backgrounds and any skill level. You need an interest in writing, but you do not need to have published anything yet.

Writers will be asked to submit a one-page description of the writing project they are working on/hope to work on once registered. 

Schedule

Your program schedule.

Terms & Conditions

You may find our terms & conditions here.

Health & Safety

Learn more about Hollyhock’s current health and safety policies here.

Presenter

Sonora Jha
SONORA JHA, PhD, is the author of the novel The Laughter, forthcoming from Harper Via in February 2023. Her memoir How to Raise a Feminist Son was published in the U.S., India, and Brazil in 2021 and her debut novel Foreign by Random House India in 2013. After a career as a journalist covering crime, politics, and…
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